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List of geological features on Titan


This is a list of named geological features on Saturn's moon Titan. Official names for these features have only been announced very recently, as Titan's surface was virtually unknown before the arrival of the Cassini–Huygens probe. Some features were known by informal nicknames beforehand; these names are noted where appropriate.

Albedo features on Titan are named after sacred or enchanted places in world mythologies and literature.

Titanean arcūs (arc-shaped features) are named after deities of happiness.

Colles are small hills or knobs which are named after characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.

Craters on Titan are named after deities of wisdom.

Faculae (bright spots) are named after islands on Earth that are not politically independent. Groups of faculae are named after archipelagos on Earth.

The term "fluctus" refers to flow terrain. Fluctūs on Titan are named after mythological figures associated with beauty.

A flumen is a feature that looks like a channel carved by liquid. They are named after mythical or imaginary rivers.

A fretum is a strait of liquid connecting two larger areas of liquids. They are named after characters from the Foundation series of science fiction novels by Isaac Asimov.

Insulae are islands within Titan's 'seas'. They are named after legendary islands.

Labyrinthi (complexes of intersecting valleys or ridges) on Titan are named after planets from the fictional Dune universe created by Frank Herbert.

Lacunae are dark areas with the appearance of dry lake beds, which are named after intermittent lakes on Earth.


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